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The number of women seeking treatment for alcoholism will soon be equal to the number of male alcoholics, experts have claimed.

According to alcohol treatment organisation the Linwood Group, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of females from all age groups and socioeconomic backgrounds seeking help.

Around one in 13 adults in the UK abuses alcohol, yet there are only around 1,000 beds designated for alcohol treatment, revealed Sue Allchurch, director of the Linwood Group.

'More women are coming into treatment, year on year - by 2010 we predict the patient balance will be equal,' Ms Allchurch claimed.

The director said that, as women compete for equality with men, their alcohol consumption also tends to increase.

However, she warned that women are 50 to 100 per cent more likely than men to suffer an alcohol-related death, for example from heart disease, stroke, liver cirrhosis, alcohol-related accident or suicide.